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fresh attacks on the gop coming from mitt romney. our cnn politics reporter teddy schleiffer is there. what is mitt romney saying today. >> he's talking to about 300 of his business friends, donors, previous republican candidates. he had serious words both for republicans who failed to stop trump in the past. he lamented, ted cruz and john kasich who he said did not take on donald trump sufficiently. but the most emotional moment came when governor romney talked about the state of affairs today. he said seeing this is breaking my heart. obviously we know governor romney is not a fan of donald trump. we know he feels pretty strongly about this. at times he appeared to be beating back tears as he gave what he saw as the status of the party. it was not very hopeful. you know, he kind of talked about other republican candidates who he might have been more willing to support, he said, had there been a president bush referring to jeb bush, president walker or president rubio, he might have been willing to serve on their administration. he
fresh attacks on the gop coming from mitt romney. our cnn politics reporter teddy schleiffer is there. what is mitt romney saying today. >> he's talking to about 300 of his business friends, donors, previous republican candidates. he had serious words both for republicans who failed to stop trump in the past. he lamented, ted cruz and john kasich who he said did not take on donald trump sufficiently. but the most emotional moment came when governor romney talked about the state of affairs...
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i think somebody did mitt romney's taxes. and they have this thing called e-file. >> why did he wait until the last minute. >> this was done for a point. harry reid suggested mitt romney didn't pay taxes. this was to poke back at harry reid. but mitt romney clearly wants to be in the spotlight. and some people say they get calls from staffers and he's like, well, could i do it again? >> yeah, part of this, he's bored, out of the spotlight. he likes to be -- >> he's a young guy. >> this is another thing for the republican party. >> third time's the charm. >> he's not running again. i think we can put that aside. >> thank you. >> here's the thing, though, he is the most famous republican in the country. maybe john mccain, maybe sarah palin, chris christie are in the mix. he's the most famous in the country. >> is this related to christie's been wounded by bridgegate. is this mitt romney saying if the establishment needs somebody, here i am? or is it just a place holder and who else is it? if it's not general bush and not chris
i think somebody did mitt romney's taxes. and they have this thing called e-file. >> why did he wait until the last minute. >> this was done for a point. harry reid suggested mitt romney didn't pay taxes. this was to poke back at harry reid. but mitt romney clearly wants to be in the spotlight. and some people say they get calls from staffers and he's like, well, could i do it again? >> yeah, part of this, he's bored, out of the spotlight. he likes to be -- >> he's a...
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virginia is a must win for governor romney. we are wired on the ground, we can do it, the key will be the northern virginia suburbs. for the sake of argument, i know democrats are getting mad at me, i'm going to give it to governor romney. if we do that, this could be a decisive state. for the sake of argument, the obama campaign says we have this state. watch what happens tomorrow, especially in evangelical areas. i'm going to this hypothetical to show you how close this would be. it would leave us only ohio and new hampshire. you only get 4 in new hampshire, 18 in ohio. under any scenario, i could switch a few of these in plausible ways. under any scenario, this becomes a key. the 18 electoral votes here. if romney wins it, he's the next president of the united states. if the president can hold ohio, he's the next president of the united states. of the states i signed, which are likely to be a different way, the obama campaign says they think they'll win colorado. the obama campaign thinks they'll win one of these two. this i
virginia is a must win for governor romney. we are wired on the ground, we can do it, the key will be the northern virginia suburbs. for the sake of argument, i know democrats are getting mad at me, i'm going to give it to governor romney. if we do that, this could be a decisive state. for the sake of argument, the obama campaign says we have this state. watch what happens tomorrow, especially in evangelical areas. i'm going to this hypothetical to show you how close this would be. it would...
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why would this hurt romney more than obama? >> i don't think it hurts romney more than obama. if you look at the primary season, president obama had challenger who is way overperformed and they were they were getting democratic voters who had a vote of no confidence in the primary states. arkansas and west virginia were places where the president had trouble against a former prisoner and against someone not widely known in the state. it was a matter of democrats voting no confidence for the president. i don't think that will spell trouble for romney. i do think it shouldn't be on the ballot. it's not one of the people running for president of the united states. >> a quick response from you. >> it could hurt romney a great deal. from what i read, this has been on the ballot since 1976 or 1975 and it will fit into the motif as you fit into the news stories and the headlines of all over the country for different reasons, republicans trying to keep people from voting that take votes away from them. this impression you are getting from keeping people from voting will be damaging fo
why would this hurt romney more than obama? >> i don't think it hurts romney more than obama. if you look at the primary season, president obama had challenger who is way overperformed and they were they were getting democratic voters who had a vote of no confidence in the primary states. arkansas and west virginia were places where the president had trouble against a former prisoner and against someone not widely known in the state. it was a matter of democrats voting no confidence for...
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went up on tv, the super pac, romney famously went in for a late rally in philly, in the bu burbs and lot all three of those states. when a campaign in a final week is looking at a map and don't have a panel to 270 with the states they've been campaigning in the last few months they look for new states. what romney did four years ago and trump was in new mexico, michigan and now wisconsin. >> part of going on with polling, you never really know what the bottom or top is. until it reveals itself. on friday, when the clinton campaign was bl
went up on tv, the super pac, romney famously went in for a late rally in philly, in the bu burbs and lot all three of those states. when a campaign in a final week is looking at a map and don't have a panel to 270 with the states they've been campaigning in the last few months they look for new states. what romney did four years ago and trump was in new mexico, michigan and now wisconsin. >> part of going on with polling, you never really know what the bottom or top is. until it reveals...
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jim costas is traveling with romney and joins us now. is romney crafting his message to democrats, by chance, in that democrat stronghold city to try to change their minds at all? >> reporter: he has been doing that, fredricka, in the last 48 hours of delivering his closing argument. he's made overt appeals to democrats out there saying if he is elected president, he will go across party lines to get the country back on track. what we're seeing today is mitt romney sort of bringing some closure to his long run for the presidency. he wrapped up his final western stop in colorado last night, and then earlier this morning, as you mentioned, he was in des moines, iowa. that was his last stop in the central time zone. we're now in the eastern to him zone with mitt romney for the duration of his campaigning. he has been delivering that closing message to voters. part of that has been really aimed at the economy, saying the president will only bring four more years of the last four years. he likes it put that out on the campaign trail to voters
jim costas is traveling with romney and joins us now. is romney crafting his message to democrats, by chance, in that democrat stronghold city to try to change their minds at all? >> reporter: he has been doing that, fredricka, in the last 48 hours of delivering his closing argument. he's made overt appeals to democrats out there saying if he is elected president, he will go across party lines to get the country back on track. what we're seeing today is mitt romney sort of bringing some...
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mitt romney was a wealthy man. he had a lot of international holding, had accounts all over the place. he put it in a blind trust. mitt romney land for for many years to make sure you didn't even have the appearance of conflicts. that's not a concern that donald trump seems to have. he's meeting with indian developers of his hotels in india while in between transition meetings. his children are sitting in on foreign leader calls. could you imagine in an alternative universe chelsea clinton sitting in on foreign leader calls and what the outcry would be. >> continuing hound the trump presidency even if he's not doing anything untoord and his motivations are pure. look at his meeting with the british politician just last week or a couple of weeks ago when he registered his opposition to offshore within farms. why? because of his golf course. he said in the "new york times" interview he was discussing his personal opposition to offshore wind farm but it raises the potential conflict of interest concern because his bus
mitt romney was a wealthy man. he had a lot of international holding, had accounts all over the place. he put it in a blind trust. mitt romney land for for many years to make sure you didn't even have the appearance of conflicts. that's not a concern that donald trump seems to have. he's meeting with indian developers of his hotels in india while in between transition meetings. his children are sitting in on foreign leader calls. could you imagine in an alternative universe chelsea clinton...
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four more years. >> romney. romney. romney. >> mitt romney and barack obama, ending a long and close campaign. >> do you want more of the same or do you want change? >> fighting for every vote until the bitter end. >> we know what change looks like. and what he's offering ain't it. >> this hour, our last presidential poll before election day, the candidates' 11th hour game plans and the possibility of a stunning cliffhanger. >> this is the time to elect a leader. >> i'd like to win this thing earlier than later. >> now, cnn's count down to election day the fight for the president circumstance the battle for congress, and the issues dividing the nation. >> i still believe in you. and you still believe in me. i'm asking for your vote. >> i need to you go out there and find people that will come join our cause. >> it's your vote, your future, your country, your choice. ♪ >> we're down to less than two days before the election. barack obama and mitt romney, they are racing from one battleground state to the next. they are
four more years. >> romney. romney. romney. >> mitt romney and barack obama, ending a long and close campaign. >> do you want more of the same or do you want change? >> fighting for every vote until the bitter end. >> we know what change looks like. and what he's offering ain't it. >> this hour, our last presidential poll before election day, the candidates' 11th hour game plans and the possibility of a stunning cliffhanger. >> this is the time to elect...
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is this a pro-romney con sol tati dags or anti-romney? >> i believe i have said the base was going to come behind romney or whoever the nominee was. the intensity is on the anti-obama side. what we didn't see was the folks that intensely support or disapprove of obama's behavior in office outnumber those who intensely approve. that's a problem because intensity drives turnout. >> you still do hear, ryan, some criticism, some questions, largely from social, christian conservative organizations. how much is legitimate, we don't trust you and how much is that these organizations need to raise money and this is how they raise money? >> if you are on the far left or the far right, you have got to keep pressure on the center. that's your job in politics. i do think i totally agree with your opening here. those numbers are startling. given all of the talk we had in the primaries that he was going to have a base problem. there is some mismatch between those numbers, 80%, 90% support between republicans and the general enthusiasm of republican eli
is this a pro-romney con sol tati dags or anti-romney? >> i believe i have said the base was going to come behind romney or whoever the nominee was. the intensity is on the anti-obama side. what we didn't see was the folks that intensely support or disapprove of obama's behavior in office outnumber those who intensely approve. that's a problem because intensity drives turnout. >> you still do hear, ryan, some criticism, some questions, largely from social, christian conservative...
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that's all you saw on the commercial breaks were romney ads. a lot more of them than the obama ads. 20 electoral votes at stake. they may have a chance here, they think. the obama campaign is saying the opposite. they say it's a sign of desperation that he can't win in other battleground states like ohio, wisconsin, and iowa. we'll find out who is right on november 6th, right? >> we certainly will. so much to watch. paul steinhauser, thank you so much. >>> wolf blitzer and anderson cooper take a closer look at the candidates' final push before the elections. in america's choice 2012 countdown to election day, be sure to tune in tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> well, life is slowly returning to normal for those affected by superstorm sandy. in new jersey this morning four more rail lines will be up and running and power is now being restored many more neighborhoods across the middle east. listen to how people reacted when the lights came on in new york. that is cause to celebrate for sure. mayor bloomberg says 90% of new york's subways sho
that's all you saw on the commercial breaks were romney ads. a lot more of them than the obama ads. 20 electoral votes at stake. they may have a chance here, they think. the obama campaign is saying the opposite. they say it's a sign of desperation that he can't win in other battleground states like ohio, wisconsin, and iowa. we'll find out who is right on november 6th, right? >> we certainly will. so much to watch. paul steinhauser, thank you so much. >>> wolf blitzer and...
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this isn't just mitt romney. this is actually what he really feels in terms of class, in terms of socioeconomic status. we need to stop saying, whoops, and realize that's what he's been saying pretty consistently and these are his policies and values. >> if that's what he believes, that's what he believes. maybe the media are characterizing it as gaffes when it was really what he believes. >> this is mitt. it's what he believes. >> i think he says the same thing. he actually said, that's what i believe. i believe in what i said about the 47%. i didn't mean to disparage anyone, but these are my beliefs. why are you chacterizing it as a gaffe? >> may not thing is the media -- and i'm going to point two boxes to my left to my friend lz, are just characterizing the 47% remark. we can't say, oh, what he says is so bad. it will affect people on an emotional level if you don't appeal to them intellectually. there were intellectual mistakes about mischaracterizing the numbers. it didn't reinforce a year and a half narrat
this isn't just mitt romney. this is actually what he really feels in terms of class, in terms of socioeconomic status. we need to stop saying, whoops, and realize that's what he's been saying pretty consistently and these are his policies and values. >> if that's what he believes, that's what he believes. maybe the media are characterizing it as gaffes when it was really what he believes. >> this is mitt. it's what he believes. >> i think he says the same thing. he actually...
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romney finished up at a rally out in colorado. another one of those eight battleground states we keep talking about. and what mitt romney is saying do you want another four years of under president obama or do you want something a little different? here's part of what he said. >> change can't be measured in speeches. it is measured in achievements. and four years ago, four years ago candidate obama promise dodd so very much, but he's fallen so very short. you recall. he promised he'd be a post-partisan president but he's been most partisan. dividing, attacking, blaming. >> you know, at this late hour here it's all about the ground game. it's about the candidates making sure their supporters actually vote. randi, we heard from both campaigns. the obama campaign telling us they've reached tout 25 million people. the romney campaign saying they've reached out to 50 million people since they wrapped up the nomination back in april. we'll see which campaign had the better gut out and vote efforts. we'll find out on tuesday. >> certainl
romney finished up at a rally out in colorado. another one of those eight battleground states we keep talking about. and what mitt romney is saying do you want another four years of under president obama or do you want something a little different? here's part of what he said. >> change can't be measured in speeches. it is measured in achievements. and four years ago, four years ago candidate obama promise dodd so very much, but he's fallen so very short. you recall. he promised he'd be a...
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. >> romney plus plus plus. we'll see that last clip in a tv ad coming shortly. it was very effective. i just loved that phrase, it was very powerful. and i think that this is key for her, how do you puncture trump's populism? and how do you raise questions about his commitment to helping the little guy? that was the catch line from his speech. i'm your voice. well, how do you raise doubts about that assertion? >> 16 republicans did it and didn't do such a good job. >> well, they didn't. but i did think this was much more effective because it was every day people. and some of those folks had a relationship with hillary clinton, the disabled woman, for instance, talked about meeting hillary clinton in the white house and how she inspired, how she was inspired by hillary clinton. in the end, they all echoed the other speakers. jason collins, he echoed some things michelle obama said in her speech. the disabled woman echoed the ads that are running in some of the swing state that is are apparently real effective am
. >> romney plus plus plus. we'll see that last clip in a tv ad coming shortly. it was very effective. i just loved that phrase, it was very powerful. and i think that this is key for her, how do you puncture trump's populism? and how do you raise questions about his commitment to helping the little guy? that was the catch line from his speech. i'm your voice. well, how do you raise doubts about that assertion? >> 16 republicans did it and didn't do such a good job. >> well,...
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law, mitt romney will win in pennsylvania. and from the moment they started politics, i started working for ron brown when he was chairman of the democratic national committee back in the 1990s. the dnc, ron brown, the naacp, all the organizations were fighting voter suppression ideas -- >> voter i.d. is not voter suppression. >> it is! >> let me tell you how -- >> all right, all right. >> it's not -- >> they call it -- >> lindquist before he was the chief justice of the united states -- >> i know this story. >> -- back to arizona, was in charge of something called ballot security in arizona for the republican party. and it involved challenging black voters on basis of literacy. this is after literacy tests had been deemed unconstitutional by the supreme court. there's some controversy over exactly what words rendquist used, but it has, a strategy, since the nixon southern strategy evolved in the republican party, this has been part and parcel of how republicans have tried to identify their constituencies. >> i just reject thi
law, mitt romney will win in pennsylvania. and from the moment they started politics, i started working for ron brown when he was chairman of the democratic national committee back in the 1990s. the dnc, ron brown, the naacp, all the organizations were fighting voter suppression ideas -- >> voter i.d. is not voter suppression. >> it is! >> let me tell you how -- >> all right, all right. >> it's not -- >> they call it -- >> lindquist before he was the...
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governor romney wants it this time. the new poll shows a slight advantage to the president, 49/43 in the battle ground stay, a key midwestern battleground state of wisconsin. let's move that over. battleground state of ohio, what do you get? simple numbers. advantage, president obama, 48% to governor romney's 42% in nbc news/maris poll. president obama slight advantage in state of ohio. to the east, virginia, one state the president turned from red to blue four years ago. a huge battleground. this time a toss-up state. a more narrow lead but at the moment advantage obama. within the margin of error. but the president on top in the state of virginia. now let's move south along the east coast down to the state of florida. again, always a huge battleground state in presidential politics. two polls in two days. they give us slightly different result. this one out today, shows the president up four points. that's margin of error, dead heat but the. the with a slight momentum perhaps in florida. that's today's poll. just yest
governor romney wants it this time. the new poll shows a slight advantage to the president, 49/43 in the battle ground stay, a key midwestern battleground state of wisconsin. let's move that over. battleground state of ohio, what do you get? simple numbers. advantage, president obama, 48% to governor romney's 42% in nbc news/maris poll. president obama slight advantage in state of ohio. to the east, virginia, one state the president turned from red to blue four years ago. a huge battleground....
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effect of ann romney? i want to bring in margaret hoover who is also the author of "american individualism." i want you to talk about exceptionalism. give me the rundown and how you think michelle obama's speech went over last night and then we'll get to ann romney as well. >> look, first lady obama was a huge hit, and, you know, i'm a republican but i watched her and i was really moved. frankly, no feeling person couldn't watch her without being moved. she spokpassionately and compellingly about her love for her husband, her husband's lo for his children. he has dinner with his family almost every night in the west wing. it helps to live above your office, but she did a very good job. she also painted them as being very connected to the middle class. this is going to be one of the sticking points in the campaign. you're going to hear over and over from all the seizuurrogater president obama that they're trying to paint mitt romney and ann romney as out of touch with the middle class, and trying to remind
effect of ann romney? i want to bring in margaret hoover who is also the author of "american individualism." i want you to talk about exceptionalism. give me the rundown and how you think michelle obama's speech went over last night and then we'll get to ann romney as well. >> look, first lady obama was a huge hit, and, you know, i'm a republican but i watched her and i was really moved. frankly, no feeling person couldn't watch her without being moved. she spokpassionately and...
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president obama won in electoral college landslide over mitt romney. you look at the number, donald trump needs to be in this territory or better than mitt romney. can't be 26 points down with women and have a chance to win the general election. can he get there, he has six months. as he tries to get there, this is a problem. horse race numbers can't be changed. it is hard to change this when you have this number, 34%. women registered voters, only 34% view him favorably. 64% unfavorable. he has a convention and six months to change it. can it be done? of course. is he starting in a huge ditch, he is. >> donald trump essentially says there's a lot of time. hillary clinton has high unfavorables, it is much ado about nothing. >> trump says i won the republican primary convincingly. this is no big deal. that's a valid point. but i want to make this point. republican primaries and demographics of primaries are different than general election. republican primaries tend to be majority men. women are a smaller slice of the electorate. these are states trump w
president obama won in electoral college landslide over mitt romney. you look at the number, donald trump needs to be in this territory or better than mitt romney. can't be 26 points down with women and have a chance to win the general election. can he get there, he has six months. as he tries to get there, this is a problem. horse race numbers can't be changed. it is hard to change this when you have this number, 34%. women registered voters, only 34% view him favorably. 64% unfavorable. he...
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obama, 55, romney, 34. as we were going on the air, this is governor romney's new financial disclosure form. it just came out. this is perhaps not fair. some things aren't fair to president obama. is it tough for governor romney when a jobs report comes out and you get a report that he is worth somewhere in the ballpark of $84 million to $206 million. >> not really. if the jobs report continue to be as bad and as blaek, you are going to have arthur davis, one of obama's first supporters, who said i have had enough of the democratic party, they are not doing anything, i am going to change parties, because the democrats are going the wrong way, i do think all these things are going to filter in. it is not what you say or what you do or how much money you have but what you do with the economy. >> i assume you think that is a wild card if you are in a very, very close race. i liked obama but it hasn't gone so well. i don't know about romney but if he better understands me, that's great. >> a massive enthusiasm
obama, 55, romney, 34. as we were going on the air, this is governor romney's new financial disclosure form. it just came out. this is perhaps not fair. some things aren't fair to president obama. is it tough for governor romney when a jobs report comes out and you get a report that he is worth somewhere in the ballpark of $84 million to $206 million. >> not really. if the jobs report continue to be as bad and as blaek, you are going to have arthur davis, one of obama's first supporters,...
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romney? mr. romney? >> yeah, no. yeah, i'll do paul ryan. i'm paul ryan and let's right into it. bands i like. molly hatchet, okay? sole asylum. rage against the machine! they don't like me, but i like them! in fact, a lot of these bands hate my guts and that is why they're tight. >> why should young people go vote for you >>. >> your abs your abs. >> thanks, guys. that was really funny. >>> how about this bubba is back! >> let's look -- >> four more years! >> let's look at other -- >> they were chanting four more years. hold on. which president are they cheering for? hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...bi've got two tickets to to paradise!l set? pack your bags, we'll leave tonight. uhh, it's next month, actually... eddie continues singing: to tickets to... paradiiiiiise! no four. remember? whoooa whooaa whooo! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? happier than e
romney? mr. romney? >> yeah, no. yeah, i'll do paul ryan. i'm paul ryan and let's right into it. bands i like. molly hatchet, okay? sole asylum. rage against the machine! they don't like me, but i like them! in fact, a lot of these bands hate my guts and that is why they're tight. >> why should young people go vote for you >>. >> your abs your abs. >> thanks, guys. that was really funny. >>> how about this bubba is back! >> let's look -- >>...
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that would get governor romney there. then the governor romney's most reasonable scenario is to take ohio. no republican has ever won without i9. if governor romney can get those votes plus virginia around north carolina, that would get him to 266. over here in the east, he would need just one more. any one of the remaining states, if governor romney can do florida, virginia, north carolina and ohio, any one of the remaining states would put him over the top. that's what makes this one so, so important. so if he does that, then he's got a pretty interesting terrain. he's competitive in colorado, this one tends to be leaning democratic. the romney campaign says it's competitive, but consistent polling in the wisconsin. this one here, romney campaign says it's competitive, let's for hypothetical let's say that's a safer pick to give that to the president. i'm going to take it back and make it a tossup state again. i was in colorado recently. this is a true toss-up. for the sake of argument say governor romney gets that. the
that would get governor romney there. then the governor romney's most reasonable scenario is to take ohio. no republican has ever won without i9. if governor romney can get those votes plus virginia around north carolina, that would get him to 266. over here in the east, he would need just one more. any one of the remaining states, if governor romney can do florida, virginia, north carolina and ohio, any one of the remaining states would put him over the top. that's what makes this one so, so...
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mitt romney's going to surprise everyone. sure enough, on election day, it wasn't a surprise, if he had been looking at the state polling, showing obama had been ahead. the story is even bleaker for donald trump. there are odds that he will just hold the states mitt romney held is coming into question with states like north carolina now having slightly more diverse populations, lots of younger voters, being a state that is on the bubble for republicans, whoever our nominee is this year, should not be in jeopardy of losing any republican states against a weaker candidate than barack obama in hillary clinton. >> mark, so in the four national polls i showed you, the trend is clear. clinton has gained a lot of support since the previous polls were taken, since the tape has come out, all of the controversy. is she going to. i hate to say this, is she going to let the clock run out. >> i think what the clinton campaign has done smartly, is not take anything for granted. then you run like you're 20 points down all the time. >> she's
mitt romney's going to surprise everyone. sure enough, on election day, it wasn't a surprise, if he had been looking at the state polling, showing obama had been ahead. the story is even bleaker for donald trump. there are odds that he will just hold the states mitt romney held is coming into question with states like north carolina now having slightly more diverse populations, lots of younger voters, being a state that is on the bubble for republicans, whoever our nominee is this year, should...
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what governor romney's offering ain't it. giving more power back to the biggest banks, that's not change. another $5 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy, that's not change. refusing to answer questions about the details of our policies until after the election, that's definitely not change. >> president obama also told voters that he would fight hard for them and their families. and if you hope the polls will shed some light on who will win? forget about it. cnn editor paul stein hauser is here to do the math for us. paul, what do the national polls look like? >> two days to go, and we have four polls that are nonpartisan and came out since midnight. let's start with the abc news/"washington post." 48% of likely voters supporting the president. 48% supporting mitt romney. how about nbc news/"wall street journal," pretty much the same story, a 1 percentage point ahead of mitt romney. and pugh research center, they came out with obama with a 3 point advantage. that's within the sampling error. this is just about dead even as w
what governor romney's offering ain't it. giving more power back to the biggest banks, that's not change. another $5 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy, that's not change. refusing to answer questions about the details of our policies until after the election, that's definitely not change. >> president obama also told voters that he would fight hard for them and their families. and if you hope the polls will shed some light on who will win? forget about it. cnn editor paul stein hauser...
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mitt romney is one of its elders. trump, of course, could not leave unanswered. >> i have a lot of friends -- by the way, mitt romney is not one of them. did he cheek? did this guy choke? he's a choke artist. i can't believe. are you sure he's a mormon? are we sure? he choked. he choked. it was so sad. he should have beaten obama. >> again, two states, 98 delegates. call it wild west tuesday or what you will, and a key test for a stop trump movement that so far is all talk and little consequential action. let's start there. a lot of meetings, a lot of phone calls, a lot of people putting up money, but you can't stop donald trump in a conference room or conference call. you'll have to stop him on election day. ted cruz thinks utah maybe this week opportunity one? >> look, if ted cruz clears 50% in utah, ted cruz gets all of those 40 delegates. so i think that the problem for the stop trump course is that they got going quite late. the problem is that they haven't figured out certain ways in which to stop trump. it's ju
mitt romney is one of its elders. trump, of course, could not leave unanswered. >> i have a lot of friends -- by the way, mitt romney is not one of them. did he cheek? did this guy choke? he's a choke artist. i can't believe. are you sure he's a mormon? are we sure? he choked. he choked. it was so sad. he should have beaten obama. >> again, two states, 98 delegates. call it wild west tuesday or what you will, and a key test for a stop trump movement that so far is all talk and...
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we are going to help the romney campaign where we can be helpful, doing things to help not just the romney campaign but other campaigns in the country, patriotvoices.com. we are going to make sure those voices are heard, elect people with the principles of the founding fathers, not top down, government orchestrated, that's the emphasis between not just now and the election but going past that. >> if the phone rang, governor romney, close to picking a running mate, who do you think it should be? what would you say? >> one of the things i said out of the race, last thing i am going today is advise the person that van kwished me. he did a good job making the race and decisions. i am not going to be out there as former foe making recommendations. i leave that to him. hopefully he'll make a good, strong choice, principled conservative who could fill his shoes should something happen to him. that should be the criteria. >> you know how tough your state is for candidates. new quinnipiac pole shows a lead, 46 to 40%. who would handle the economy, romney beats him. is pennsylvania really in play or
we are going to help the romney campaign where we can be helpful, doing things to help not just the romney campaign but other campaigns in the country, patriotvoices.com. we are going to make sure those voices are heard, elect people with the principles of the founding fathers, not top down, government orchestrated, that's the emphasis between not just now and the election but going past that. >> if the phone rang, governor romney, close to picking a running mate, who do you think it...
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trump and romney could work together on that potentially. >> i don't know if you saw this, but mitt romney's niece tweeted about the op-ed calling it disappointing and unproductive. do you agree? >> i think for the people who are looking for that champion of the pre-trump republican party, mitt romney is serving as that vehicle. i think it is good for republicans to have this debate. what should the republican party stand for in terms of tone and temperament and policy. you need a champion on the other side to do that. >> nice to have you. thanks very much. >> thanks, poppy. >>> still to come, with the new year still bringing a second trump summit, will it bring a second trump summit with north korea's kim jong-un. new questions surrounding the regime could complicate matters. >>> u.s. stocks down as 2019 trading begins. we are live on the floor of the new york stock exchange. >>> just days after taking a major step, senator elizabeth warren set to make her first trip to iowa. we will discuss. pecialty storee what's new? olay has this season's hottest debut. like new clay stick masks. all ma
trump and romney could work together on that potentially. >> i don't know if you saw this, but mitt romney's niece tweeted about the op-ed calling it disappointing and unproductive. do you agree? >> i think for the people who are looking for that champion of the pre-trump republican party, mitt romney is serving as that vehicle. i think it is good for republicans to have this debate. what should the republican party stand for in terms of tone and temperament and policy. you need a...
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not such a good night for mitt romney. you're a romney supporter. what does he need to do in these next days. next tuesday is the primary in illinois. what does he need to do to make sure he wins in illinois? >> i think he'll do very well in illinois. he didn't have a terrible night. he picked up a third of the delegates. he's got more delegates than the rest of them combined. it wasn't a bad night. he'll do well in illinois. he'll run as a fiscal conservative and do like mark did. he'll win big here. >> the most recent poll i saw there, this was before tonight, had mitt romney at 35%, santorum at 31%. is that too close for comfort right now? >> you got to remember. this is a delegate hunt right now. senator santorum's not on the ballot in four of the congressional districts. he's only eligible for 44 of the delegates on tuesday. we give out 69. 15 are considered super delegates. i think governor romney is in good shape. the air war's already started. he's got a ground game going. i think he'll have a good night. he's going to campaign hard. but he'
not such a good night for mitt romney. you're a romney supporter. what does he need to do in these next days. next tuesday is the primary in illinois. what does he need to do to make sure he wins in illinois? >> i think he'll do very well in illinois. he didn't have a terrible night. he picked up a third of the delegates. he's got more delegates than the rest of them combined. it wasn't a bad night. he'll do well in illinois. he'll run as a fiscal conservative and do like mark did. he'll...
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romney seis only ahead in three. i was in ohio this week, it was quite striking how many republicans on the ground thought they were going to win. they thought they had the enthusiasm, the evangelicals. >> is that just -- >> i think we rely too much on the poll. we should not get stuck on the polls. i think we should wait and see what the voters are saying. >> there's no doubt that republicans are more enthusiastic this time than they were four years ago. our poll shows a tie. that wouldn't be good if that held up in the battleground states for mitt romney. what he's got to depend on, he's got to depend on the natural energy enthusiasm of his own troops. if he doesn't have that then he's really going to have a problem. >> president obama won last time in early voting. he essentially lost on election day. the romney campaign argues their numbers are up a lot. is it 100,000? but is it enough? >> in early voting and absentee. >> is it enough? when you go into these states, it is night and day. this is not 2008. you go i
romney seis only ahead in three. i was in ohio this week, it was quite striking how many republicans on the ground thought they were going to win. they thought they had the enthusiasm, the evangelicals. >> is that just -- >> i think we rely too much on the poll. we should not get stuck on the polls. i think we should wait and see what the voters are saying. >> there's no doubt that republicans are more enthusiastic this time than they were four years ago. our poll shows a tie....
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think back to four years ago, mitt romney won 93% of the republican vote. in this election cycle donald trump is polling mid-80s on a good day so even if he gets up to 87% or 88%, he's losing 5% of republican voters off of 2012 and those are still numbers he needs in a competitive race so what's happening with the bush family is emblematic of the fact that within the republican party there are significant divisions regarding donald trump. i think those will last after the election, even. >> your point on republicans and, again, you were with the romney team four years ago. we've heard mike pence, even speaker ryan saying in the last couple days it's time for you republicans to come home. how much of that do you think might happen in these final days? >> i think you will see a lot of republicans coming home. that explains in part some of what you've seen in trump's numbers and the surge he's having. a lot of that has to do with ra people saying "i can't vote for hillary clinton, i'll put the lever for donald trump because even if i'm not enamored with the gu
think back to four years ago, mitt romney won 93% of the republican vote. in this election cycle donald trump is polling mid-80s on a good day so even if he gets up to 87% or 88%, he's losing 5% of republican voters off of 2012 and those are still numbers he needs in a competitive race so what's happening with the bush family is emblematic of the fact that within the republican party there are significant divisions regarding donald trump. i think those will last after the election, even....
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it was apparent at the first event romney had today, i talked to a senior romney adviser, they think it is a blatant pivot away from a bad couple of weeks on the economy for the president. you can sense the romney campaign -- they had a bus tour that started in new hampshire, headed to pennsylvania tonight, ohio over the weekend, and they were pulling out all the stops. had a camera there, possibly filming a new commercial that may be revealed down the road, potential running mates in tim pawlenty, but this campaign is hoping to get all of this back on track, going to ohio sunday where they will be with rob portman and speaker of the house john boehner, monday with paul ryan. all of these potential running mates are seeming to be auditioning in the bus tour. john, it is interesting to note who mitt romney gave a shoutout to, to marco rubio, during his remarks to reporters in milford, new hampshire, he referred to marco rubio's stance, his position, his take on the president's change on immigration policy today. the one vp candidate not on the road is the one that got the shadow. >> a
it was apparent at the first event romney had today, i talked to a senior romney adviser, they think it is a blatant pivot away from a bad couple of weeks on the economy for the president. you can sense the romney campaign -- they had a bus tour that started in new hampshire, headed to pennsylvania tonight, ohio over the weekend, and they were pulling out all the stops. had a camera there, possibly filming a new commercial that may be revealed down the road, potential running mates in tim...
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not all bad for governor romney. state of florida, more from our most recent poll. older voters, tend to be more reliable. voters 50 years of age and older. again, more reliable voting group. 54% support governor romney. 42% for president obama, obviously, jobs number one part of the economy. on taxes, at the moment, an advantage for the president. >> governor romney has been criticized by fellow republicans by not raising out enough specifics. what loopholes he would close. how has the campaign been responding to that? >> mitt romney has suggested on a number of occasions that he would limit some of the mortgage deductions from high-income earners to pay for tax cuts. he has not specified as to how he would exactly do all of that. you're right, he has said these things, and his campaign not filled in the blanks. i can tell you over the weekend, paul ryan said something interesting. one explanation and that is they want to go to the congress in a romney administration and present a framework to lawmakers to come up with a plan that adheres to the principles that the
not all bad for governor romney. state of florida, more from our most recent poll. older voters, tend to be more reliable. voters 50 years of age and older. again, more reliable voting group. 54% support governor romney. 42% for president obama, obviously, jobs number one part of the economy. on taxes, at the moment, an advantage for the president. >> governor romney has been criticized by fellow republicans by not raising out enough specifics. what loopholes he would close. how has the...
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romney at the end of the table. and i reached over and touched ahold of that flag and pulled it out. and it was as if electricity was running through my arm, because i thought about the sacrifice of those men and women in our space program who put themselves in harm's way for learning, for pioneering, for us. it's part of the american spirit, to live for something bigger than yourself. i see it on the men and women who serve in our military. they serve us over the years. they serve us for liberty, for freedom, for hope and prosperity. i love all the verses in that wonderful him "america the beautiful," but one in particular stands out. oh, beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife, who more than self their country love and mercy more than life. will our veterans and members of the armed serviceforces please your hand and stand and be recognized? our schools, our churches, our families. our nation. i think about my sister. my sister, lynn, who is in her 70s. her husband died a few years ago. she has eight chil
romney at the end of the table. and i reached over and touched ahold of that flag and pulled it out. and it was as if electricity was running through my arm, because i thought about the sacrifice of those men and women in our space program who put themselves in harm's way for learning, for pioneering, for us. it's part of the american spirit, to live for something bigger than yourself. i see it on the men and women who serve in our military. they serve us over the years. they serve us for...
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in 2012 went seven points to mitt romney. he was on a mission to go to a base county and drum up the vote there. and not dissimilar from hillary clinton. in broward county. a county barack obama won 67-32 over mitt romney. tlefs interest she was there to base voters. >>> joining me now blah blah blah. awesome people. also trump supporters kayleigh mcenany and corey lewandowski. lets start with the non partisans. for donald trump florida is critical. the problem is he's also got to get a bunch of other states as well. >> florida is must-win. if he doesn't win he's dead in the water. he's got pick up a lot of states. he's got to do better than mitt romney in 2012. he's losing to hillary clinton in north carolina which romney won in 2012. arizona a toss up. georgia and texas are closure. all these he has to defend but at the same time he has to win pennsylvania and ohio. and right now the math isn't there. florida is a must win but so are a lot of other states. >> what is more important? energizing the base or reaching out o oth
in 2012 went seven points to mitt romney. he was on a mission to go to a base county and drum up the vote there. and not dissimilar from hillary clinton. in broward county. a county barack obama won 67-32 over mitt romney. tlefs interest she was there to base voters. >>> joining me now blah blah blah. awesome people. also trump supporters kayleigh mcenany and corey lewandowski. lets start with the non partisans. for donald trump florida is critical. the problem is he's also got to get...
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but wisconsin should be a romney state. pennsylvania, he should do pretty well. >> so pennsylvania, that's april 24th, getting ahead of ourselves. but now, come tuesday, maryland, d.c., the republican national committee chairman who was also the former party chairman in wisconsin says whoever wins wisconsin will have some serious bragging rights. is this state -- or is that race particularly pivotal? >> you know, it is. we're at this point now where it's pretty obvious that romney is on his way to the nomination. it's a stop mid campaign. they don't seem to be able to do it. if these other candidates are depreciating assets, their value goes down every day that mitt romney gets closer to the nomination. so if they want to trade for something, if they want a better speaking slot at the convention, if they want nicer hotel rooms, they need to cash in their equity now while they still have some. if they wait until the last minute, nobody's going to buy. >> all right. you mentioned that all these candidates stay in the race, im
but wisconsin should be a romney state. pennsylvania, he should do pretty well. >> so pennsylvania, that's april 24th, getting ahead of ourselves. but now, come tuesday, maryland, d.c., the republican national committee chairman who was also the former party chairman in wisconsin says whoever wins wisconsin will have some serious bragging rights. is this state -- or is that race particularly pivotal? >> you know, it is. we're at this point now where it's pretty obvious that romney...
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romney says the president should rein in his staff and apologize. the president tells an affiliate that will not happen. >> we won't be apologizing. sometimes games are played during campaigns. mr. romney claims he's mr. fix it for the economy because of his business experience. so i think voters entirely legitimately want to know, well, what exactly was that business experience? >> condi rice keeps says she doesn't want to be vice president, but her name keeps coming up. will offered plenty of reasons why he thinks rice will certainly not by on the romney ticket. >> we can run through the litany of reasons of why condi rice doesn't make sense to be romney's vp candidate. let's start with the fact that she is pro choice. what's more, she doesn't want to be vice president. it's a nonstarter and the timing of it is obvious because changing the subject. let's not talk about bain. but by the way, the bain conversation was a subject changer from the jobs report a couple of weeks ago. we're changing subjects away from the things that have a -- >> well, th
romney says the president should rein in his staff and apologize. the president tells an affiliate that will not happen. >> we won't be apologizing. sometimes games are played during campaigns. mr. romney claims he's mr. fix it for the economy because of his business experience. so i think voters entirely legitimately want to know, well, what exactly was that business experience? >> condi rice keeps says she doesn't want to be vice president, but her name keeps coming up. will...
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i had, you know, romney, mitt romney, talks about the 47% and how badly he felt after he did that, because he let his people down. and to a person they all felt as if the struggle was worth it, they all believe of course they would have been better presidents, let me add that, but, that they let their supporters down through their own mistakes. they -- they -- they took a lot of -- they shouldered a lot of the blame here. and you know mondale believes it might have been a little easier for him because he knew he was going to lose. romney didn't think he was going to lose up until election night. so it's i think a little bit harder when you expect to win. >> oh, yeah. >> and then you don't. and that's really stunning. >> what a rude awakening. gloria borger, thanks so much for sharing it all, giving us a sneak peek. we can't wait to watch it tonight. join us this evening for a cnn special report almost president the agony of defeat that's 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> all right. so is the best way to fight fire with fire? presidential campaigns pushing back against tough questions by blaming us, yo
i had, you know, romney, mitt romney, talks about the 47% and how badly he felt after he did that, because he let his people down. and to a person they all felt as if the struggle was worth it, they all believe of course they would have been better presidents, let me add that, but, that they let their supporters down through their own mistakes. they -- they -- they took a lot of -- they shouldered a lot of the blame here. and you know mondale believes it might have been a little easier for him...
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mitt romney has a steeper hill to climb. if you look at the 12 battleground states, barack obama is ahead in 9 of the 12 and romney only ahead in three. when you go on the ground, you actually talk to people in the state, i was in ohio this week and it was striking how many republicans on the ground thought they were going to win. they thought they had the enthusiasm. they thought they had the evangelical vote. i think we rely too much on the polls. i think we should wait and see what the voters say. >> there is no doubt that republicans are more enthusiastic this time than they were four years ago. our poll, though, on overall on sort of a national average shows a tie between the parties on that. that wouldn't be good if that held up in the battleground states for mitt romney because what he has to depend onto match the get out the vote effort from the obama campaign, he's got to depend on the natural energy, enthusiasm, of his own troops. if he doesn't have that, then he is really going to have a problem. >> four years ago
mitt romney has a steeper hill to climb. if you look at the 12 battleground states, barack obama is ahead in 9 of the 12 and romney only ahead in three. when you go on the ground, you actually talk to people in the state, i was in ohio this week and it was striking how many republicans on the ground thought they were going to win. they thought they had the enthusiasm. they thought they had the evangelical vote. i think we rely too much on the polls. i think we should wait and see what the...
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the closest rastate between oba and romney. donald trump in play for florida hoping to hold on there, early voting. critical in that state. biggest surprise of all, donald trump was in pennsylvania yesterday. hasn't voted a republican for president since 1988. previous polls at seven or nine points, close at the end in pennsylvania. why is this happening? back out and look at this. interesting. on issue number one to voters, economy, in all four swing states. numbers, trump leads in arizona, florida, nevada and pennsylvania. issues voters think is key, biggest issue donald trump leads. doing better in polls, one of the reasons. this one, too is striking especially in the wake of the fbi announcement. which candidate is more honest and trustworthy? trump wins in all. donald trump viewed at the candidate more honest and trust worthie. look at those four states, how does it change this map? does it make it easier for donald trump to have a panel for 270? if trump holds's lead in nevada, keeps arizona, comes back in florida. again,
the closest rastate between oba and romney. donald trump in play for florida hoping to hold on there, early voting. critical in that state. biggest surprise of all, donald trump was in pennsylvania yesterday. hasn't voted a republican for president since 1988. previous polls at seven or nine points, close at the end in pennsylvania. why is this happening? back out and look at this. interesting. on issue number one to voters, economy, in all four swing states. numbers, trump leads in arizona,...
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today, top republicans gather round romney. an exclusive with one who hasn't, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. >>> then -- >> the next president of the united states, governor mitt romney. >> the house republican idea guy, wisconsin congressman paul ryan, on his state's tuesday primary and budget politics. >>> plus -- >> it is up to iran's leaders to make the right choice. >> the policy and the politics with house intelligence chairman mike rogers and ranking democrat. >>> then never too late to talk vp stakes in election 2012. with dana dash and jeff zeleny "the new york times." i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> a new cnn/orc poll shows president obama's job approval rating is over 50% for the first time since last june, but americans are worried about rising gas prices, and in an election year, when americans worry, politicians act. the president wants congress to end tax breaks for big oil. >> it's time they got by without more help from taxpayers, who are already having a tough enough time pa
today, top republicans gather round romney. an exclusive with one who hasn't, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. >>> then -- >> the next president of the united states, governor mitt romney. >> the house republican idea guy, wisconsin congressman paul ryan, on his state's tuesday primary and budget politics. >>> plus -- >> it is up to iran's leaders to make the right choice. >> the policy and the politics with house intelligence chairman mike...
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romney heading to bucks county. and cnn political editor paul stein houser is live from harrisburg right now. the polls show that romney is narrowing the gap with obama in that state. can he realistically hope to take the state this late in the game? >> reporter: no doubt about it. 90 minutes from me at the airport you'll have paul ryan, the republican running mate holding a rally. yeah, tomorrow mitt romney is going to be in suburban philadelphia. that's the swing part of the state, the part of the state that really determines who wins pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes. the obama campaign is not taking this sitting down. jill biden is coming to pennsylvania to campaign today. and one of the big guns on the obama side, the former president clinton will be campaigning here in pennsylvania on monday. fred, i got here last night. i turned on the tv watching the local news. a lot of campaign ads. you know what? in the final nine days of this campaign in pennsylvania, $10 million worth of ads. most of them from the romne
romney heading to bucks county. and cnn political editor paul stein houser is live from harrisburg right now. the polls show that romney is narrowing the gap with obama in that state. can he realistically hope to take the state this late in the game? >> reporter: no doubt about it. 90 minutes from me at the airport you'll have paul ryan, the republican running mate holding a rally. yeah, tomorrow mitt romney is going to be in suburban philadelphia. that's the swing part of the state, the...
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it's not all bad news for governor romney. in florida, if you look at older voters, they tend to be more reliable. these are voters 50 and older. 54% support governor romney on taxes and 42% for president obama. so jobs is a number one, but taxes a subset, at the moment, advantage to the president. >> governor romney has been criticized for not laying out enough specifics in the tax plan, particularly what loopholes he would close to cut taxes for the wealthy by 20%. how has the campaign been responding to that? >> mitt romney has suggested on a number of occasions that he would limit some of the mortgage deductions nor high end earners and close some loopholes, but he's not specified as to how he would exactly do all of that. so you're right, he has said these things and his campaign has not filled in the blanks. over the weekend, paul ryan said something interesting. he gave unexplanation, that is they want to do to the congress in a romney administration and present a frame work for lawmakers to come up with a plan to adher
it's not all bad news for governor romney. in florida, if you look at older voters, they tend to be more reliable. these are voters 50 and older. 54% support governor romney on taxes and 42% for president obama. so jobs is a number one, but taxes a subset, at the moment, advantage to the president. >> governor romney has been criticized for not laying out enough specifics in the tax plan, particularly what loopholes he would close to cut taxes for the wealthy by 20%. how has the campaign...
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mitt romney is behind. polls show he lags president obama both nationwide and in key battleground states where the races are either tight or obama holds a clear edge. heightening the urgency, early voting is underway in 30 states, including wisconsin, iowa, new hampshire, virginia, and north carolina, and it starts tuesday in ohio and florida. the romney campaign looks to find its footing in the next 37 days. that's next with alex castellano, dana bash, and celinda lake. [ woman ] it's 32 minutes to go time, and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke with local color. the secure cloud just received a revised intro from the strategist's tablet. and while i make my way into the venue, the candidate will be rehearsing off of his phone. [ candidate ] and thanks to every young face i see out there. [ woman ] his phone is one of his biggest supporters. [ female announcer ] with cisco at the center... working together has ne
mitt romney is behind. polls show he lags president obama both nationwide and in key battleground states where the races are either tight or obama holds a clear edge. heightening the urgency, early voting is underway in 30 states, including wisconsin, iowa, new hampshire, virginia, and north carolina, and it starts tuesday in ohio and florida. the romney campaign looks to find its footing in the next 37 days. that's next with alex castellano, dana bash, and celinda lake. [ woman ] it's 32...
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. >> if you take any states out of romney's 206 electoral vote base and give it to clinton, then the mountain that trump has to climb is really mount everest. >> all right, panel, great panel, thank you so much. i appreciate it. get some sleep now. until tomorrow when we wake up and do it all over again. >> what is this sleep you speak about? >> you'll find out on november 9th. you will. thank you everyone, i appreciate it. >>> trump going after hillary clinton by ramping up his attacks on bill clinton, bringing four of the former accusers to last night's debate, did it help him win any votes? the heirloom tomato. when you cook with incredible ingredients... you make incredible meals. fresh ingredients, step-by-step recipies, delivered to your door for less than $9 a meal. get $30 off your first delivery blueapron.com/cook. >>> donald trump dismissing these lewd comments about women which were caught on video as locker room talk. >> i have to use some tic tacs just in case i start kissing her. i'm automatically attracted to beautiful -- i start kissing them. it's like a magnet. just
. >> if you take any states out of romney's 206 electoral vote base and give it to clinton, then the mountain that trump has to climb is really mount everest. >> all right, panel, great panel, thank you so much. i appreciate it. get some sleep now. until tomorrow when we wake up and do it all over again. >> what is this sleep you speak about? >> you'll find out on november 9th. you will. thank you everyone, i appreciate it. >>> trump going after hillary clinton...
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seven points for mitt romney. on a mission go to base county, republican county and drum up vote there. not dissimilar from hillary clinton, in broward county, barack obama won 67 to 32 over mitt romney. doing get out of the vote. turn out base voters. >> bring in the panel now. former sanders supporter, senior adviser in clinton campaign, trumpologist and supporters, let me start with the nonpartisans and then move over. philip for donald trump obviously florida is critical, problem for him is he's also got to get a bunch of other states as well. >> that's it. florida must-win if he doesn't, he's dead in the water. got to pick up a lot of states, do better than mitt romney in 2012. that's the baseline. he's losing to hillary clinton in county that romney won. and states he has to defend, and still has to win pennsylvania or ohio, all these states. right now the math isn't there. florida is must-win but so are others. >> what more important? energize the base or reach out? >> at this point probably better, this is
seven points for mitt romney. on a mission go to base county, republican county and drum up vote there. not dissimilar from hillary clinton, in broward county, barack obama won 67 to 32 over mitt romney. doing get out of the vote. turn out base voters. >> bring in the panel now. former sanders supporter, senior adviser in clinton campaign, trumpologist and supporters, let me start with the nonpartisans and then move over. philip for donald trump obviously florida is critical, problem for...
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they broke for romney by 5%. i think if we see a brexit effect, it's going to come in this swing of independents. we know 1.25 million unaffiliated independent voters came out in florida. >> it's not true that independents are breaking but those numbers. in fact, in the "wall street journal" poll, hillary clinton was winning among independents in some other polls that just came out in the last few days, it was a few points in trump's favor. mitt romney won independents by 5% last time. romney would have to do a lot better with independents than these polls are showing. >> i mean trump. trump. >> it's not 2012 anymore, david. >> paul? >> what you're looking at is two campaigns that are closing the way they want to. this has not advisers or -- hillary began this race with a message of "stronger together." that's what she really believes in. that tableau that i know jeffrey thinks is propping her up, that's what she believes in. that tableau that she's got on that stage there. and so in her closing ad, she says, is
they broke for romney by 5%. i think if we see a brexit effect, it's going to come in this swing of independents. we know 1.25 million unaffiliated independent voters came out in florida. >> it's not true that independents are breaking but those numbers. in fact, in the "wall street journal" poll, hillary clinton was winning among independents in some other polls that just came out in the last few days, it was a few points in trump's favor. mitt romney won independents by 5%...
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romney? mr. romney? >> yeah, no. yeah, i'll do paul ryan. i'm paul ryan and let's right into it. bands i like. molly hatchet, okay? sole asylum. rage against the machine! they don't like me, but i like them! in fact, a lot of these bands hate my guts and that is why they're tight. >> why should young people go vote for you? >>. >> your abs your abs. >> thanks, guys. that was really funny. >>> how about this? bubba is back! >> let's look -- >> four more years! >> let's look at other -- >> they were chanting four more years. hold on. which president are they cheering for? ♪ [ acoustic guitar: upbeat ] [ dog ] we found it together. on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk. yeah, we fou that wonderful thing. and you smiled. and threw it. and i decided i would never, ever leave it anywhere. because that wonderful, bouncy, roll-around thing... had made you play. and that... had made you smile. [ announcer ] beneful. play. it's good for you. there's so many choices. the guests come in and they're like yeah i want to try this shrimp and i want to try this kind. they wait for this all year l
romney? mr. romney? >> yeah, no. yeah, i'll do paul ryan. i'm paul ryan and let's right into it. bands i like. molly hatchet, okay? sole asylum. rage against the machine! they don't like me, but i like them! in fact, a lot of these bands hate my guts and that is why they're tight. >> why should young people go vote for you? >>. >> your abs your abs. >> thanks, guys. that was really funny. >>> how about this? bubba is back! >> let's look -- >>...
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this is obama versus romney, 332 electoral, 206 for mitt romney. landslide for barack obama. now if your hillary clinton you think okay, is there anything i might lose. if you're donald trump, you're saying how do i get from 206 to 70? well again, democrats will argue these have been democratic states for quite some time dlump thinks he can appeal with the voters and change pennsylvania. can he? we'll see. but let's just say hypothetically, that one's in play. what does it do? makes it closer. donald trump thinks ohio, always the biggest battleground state. no republican has won the presidency in the modern era without ohio. donald trump if he can compete there. that's still a democratic vikt rib, and donald trump wants to go here and recreate what we used to call reagan democrats. blue collar workers up in michigan. at that point, even if donald trump, even if, republican, obama won all of these states twice. ohio went for bush once, but most of the states was twice, most of these states in michigan and pennsylvania have been on the democrats, if you won all three, that's no
this is obama versus romney, 332 electoral, 206 for mitt romney. landslide for barack obama. now if your hillary clinton you think okay, is there anything i might lose. if you're donald trump, you're saying how do i get from 206 to 70? well again, democrats will argue these have been democratic states for quite some time dlump thinks he can appeal with the voters and change pennsylvania. can he? we'll see. but let's just say hypothetically, that one's in play. what does it do? makes it closer....
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voter contacts between rnc romney in 201211 million. voter contacts we'll make with the trump campaign 17 million. at the end of the day, the problem is that the political intelligence, whomever you're talking to, don't want to look at the facts. we have a much exponentially larger staff on the ground, we have a much larger voter contact program and we have the best data operation of either party. so i think the problem is that people have this view of how things are supposed to work. at the end of the day, it doesn't matter who knocks on your door f they're knocking on your door saying tell me who you're going to vote for, what are the issues that are important to you are you voting for marco rubio, patrick murphy in florida. we're putting that into the app and bringing that back and feeding it back out to every candidate up and down the ballot, that's the best program that can happen to exist. we have a better operation, a better ground game and better data operation because the problem is in the distension that people don't get, the
voter contacts between rnc romney in 201211 million. voter contacts we'll make with the trump campaign 17 million. at the end of the day, the problem is that the political intelligence, whomever you're talking to, don't want to look at the facts. we have a much exponentially larger staff on the ground, we have a much larger voter contact program and we have the best data operation of either party. so i think the problem is that people have this view of how things are supposed to work. at the...